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resulted in a market for unlicensed funeral parlors offering to solve the problem of finding a permanent resting place. reporter: in a city as dense as hong kong, the living have to deal with limited space and so do the dead. because land is scarce, public grave sites are expensive and have a six-year time limit before the body is disintered and cremated. most hong kongers choose cremation in the first place. just finding a space to honor loved ones is becoming a problem. andy ting is grappling with the dilemma. he paid $60,000 for his father s ashes. the temple didn t have the a license for burial niches. the hong kong government has warned families they may have to find another location. of course i m sad. we used our own money to buy this niche. there s a chinese proverb that says once someone passes away
to 14 years in prison for the murder of a black teenage, stevon moore, at least two decades ago. the judge said they committed a terrible and evil crime because of racial hatred. they were convicted with new forensic evidence that was not available back then. for the first time in more than 50 years, a british foreign secretary is in myanmar. william hague is meeting with government officials bringing a message of reform and offering britain s help. he s also meeting with pro-democracy leader aung san suu kyi. her party has been re-establi re-established and will be part of elections in april. those are the top stories from cnn. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london. i m charles hodson. and good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i m andrew stevens. you re watching world business today. our top stories this thursday, january 5th european investors are on edge as greece sounds the alarm and france faces a big test on the bond markets. a